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DBMS > 4D vs. Altibase vs. Apache Drill vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. YDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Altibase vs. Apache Drill vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. YDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonYDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageCloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.A distributed fault-tolerant database service, with high availability, scalability, immediate consistency and ACID transactions and providing an Amazon DynamoDB compatible API
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeDocument store
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#186  Overall
#87  Relational DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score7.85
Rank#51  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score0.35
Rank#278  Overall
#43  Document stores
#127  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comaltibase.comdrill.apache.orgfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestoregithub.com/­ydb-platform/­ydb
ydb.tech
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualsdrill.apache.org/­docsfirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestoreydb.tech/­en/­docs
Developer4D, IncAltibaseApache Software FoundationGoogleYandex
Initial release19841999201220172019
Current releasev20, April 2023v7.3, 2023, August 20231.20.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0; commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Linux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92ANSI SQL-92SQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantnoSQL-like query language (YQL)
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
C++
Java
C++Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesstored procedures and stored functionsuser defined functionsyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud Functionsno
Triggersyesyesnoyes, with Cloud Functions
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesMulti-source replicationActive-passive shard replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesUsing Cloud Dataflowno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoyesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesDepending on the underlying data sourceno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.Access rights defined for Yandex Cloud users

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